&lt;strong&gt;The “Double Triangle” Paradigm:&lt;/strong&gt; National Redemption in Bi-generational Love Triangles from Agnon to Oz

Halevi-Wise, Yael

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<strong>The “Double Triangle” Paradigm:</strong> National Redemption in Bi-generational Love Triangles from Agnon to Oz

Yael Halevi-Wise¹

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Agnon's Conversation with Jeremiah inA Guest for the Night:‘Aginutin an Age of National Modernization

Halevi-Wise

2014

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Approaching A Guest for the Night from the point of view of the Book of Jeremiah--from which this novel draws its title--leads us to revisit two central components of Agnon's theology and stylized identity. First, his majestic evocation of a deity (Jeremiah's "guest") who abandoned his "wife" (the people of Israel); and concomitantly, Agnon's lifelong preoccupation with the "'agunah problem" as a metaphor for national rupture, in ways that for Agnon were linked to his vocational identity as a modern writer dedicated to the project of national repair. Through his conversation with the Book of Jeremiah and the Book of Lamentations traditionally attributed to this prophet, Agnon adjusts and reduces the diasporic weight assigned to the 'agunah metaphor. In his midlife masterpiece, he enlists the midrashic concept of 'aginut to explore, among other things, his own composite identity as a traditional Jew and modern Jerusalemite, lover of texts and absent-minded husband.

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Agnon's Conversation with Jeremiah inA Guest for the Night:‘Aginutin an Age of National Modernization

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2014

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When Translation Reshapes Reception: The Curious Case of Zeruya Shalev in the German Literary Sphere of World Literature

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2022

Arcadia

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This article sets out to explore the conditions that paved the way for the unique success of the German translation of Zeruya Shalev’s second novel, Love Life (Hayei ahava, 1997), offering a specific example of the potential benefits that arise from cross-cultural translations. Upon its publication in Israel, Love Life was received quite critically; it was considered too simplistic, straightforward, and feminine to be considered an ‘important’ work. However, following the novel’s translation into German by Mirjam Pressler in 2000, it gained wide recognition in Germany and soon became a best-seller, owing much to Marcel Reich-Ranicki’s unusually warm review on the television program Das literarische Quartett (The Literary Quartet). Hence, this article examines the various cultural and commercial conditions that set the backdrop for Love Life’s success as a translated work. While focusing on the reception of a specific literary text, the article surveys both Israeli and German literary spheres, and draws on the contemporary discourse in the field of World Literature. Furthermore, it offers a comprehensive discussion on translation, and demonstrates the unique position of translated literature, and specifically Hebrew literature, in the German literary field. Subsequently, the discussion sheds light not only on the circumstances that supported, if not determined, Love Life’s enthusiastic reception in Germany, but also on the extraordinary effect of this success on Shalev’s position within the Israeli literary system in the two decades that have followed.

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Bibliography of Periodical Literature

2008

Journal of Palestine Studies

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This section lists articles and reviews of books relevant to Palestine and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Entries are classified under the following headings: Reference and General; History (to 1948) and Geography; Palestinian Politics and Society; Jerusalem; Israeli Politics, Society, and Zionism; Arab and Middle Eastern Politics; International Relations; Law; Military; Economy, Society, and Education; Literature and Art; Book Reviews; and Reports Received.

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<strong>The “Double Triangle” Paradigm:</strong> National Redemption in Bi-generational Love Triangles from Agnon to Oz

Cited by 3 publications

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Agnon's Conversation with Jeremiah inA Guest for the Night:‘Aginutin an Age of National Modernization

Agnon's Conversation with Jeremiah inA Guest for the Night:‘Aginutin an Age of National Modernization

When Translation Reshapes Reception: The Curious Case of Zeruya Shalev in the German Literary Sphere of World Literature

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